You're with me, Leather
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by user Calamity Francis
"You're with me, leather" is a pick-up line reportedly used by ESPN anchor Chris Berman in Scottsdale, Arizona in the mid-1990s, according to an anecdote submitted by a reader of the sports website Deadspin and made popular on the site after it was posted on the site on April 11, 2006.
According to the story, a friend of the reader was flirting in a bar with an attractive woman wearing leather pants. However, his efforts proved unsuccessful when Berman, who was in Scottsdale to cover baseball spring training, walked by and told the woman "You're with me, leather". The woman immediately got up and left the bar with Berman.
The relationship between Berman and the woman is unknown, although he was married with two children at the time of the story. While Berman has not publicly commented on the story, he responded angrily when a 15-year-old fan asked him whether he had ever visited Deadspin, when Berman hosted ESPN's coverage of the 2006 NFL Draft in New York City.
"You're with me, leather", or YWML as it is also known, quickly became popular with Deadspin readers and sports bloggers, and has grown into an Internet phenomenon. "You're with me, ____", with other words or phrases inserted in place of "leather", is often repeated in response to news stories involving Berman. The phrase is also often used without context as a non sequitur or an inside joke.
Source
- http://www.deadspin.com/sports/espn/berman-as-always-larger-than-life-178345.php
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_with_me,_leather
Date
Mon 06/19/06, 11:40 am EST
